Debbie joined Connect's design team in 2005 from Music Scotland, where she was senior designer on titles such as M8, a monthly dance and culture magazine. During her 12 years there she worked on other leading titles including Schuh magazine, Wax and Go!

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Alan Morton joined the design and production team at Connect in June 2004 from Music Scotland, where he spent five years as a designer working on two leading Scottish magazines, M8 and Schuh. He's worked in London as a freelance designer, and spent time with Express Newspapers and leading publisher, Northern and Shell plc. Alan also has a strong reprographics background.

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Before joining Connect Nigel Donaldson spent more than 30 years in newspapers. In 22 years with The Scotsman, he was Chief Sub-Editor, Night Editor and then latterly Assistant Editor before leaving in 2000 to help set up and launch Business a.m., where he was Managing Editor.

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Fiona has been working on and off as a freelance with Connect for more than a year. In August 2006 she joined us full time! An experienced designer, she ran her own design business for seven years where her clients included Glasgow University and Glasgow Caledonian University.

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Andrew has worked as a journalist for more than 20 years, on newspapers and news agencies in the UK, the US and New Zealand. Before joining Connect in 2006, he had been a business reporter for the Edinburgh Evening News and The Scotsman, and was Deputy News Editor of Business a.m. He has also worked as a public relations and marketing consultant for a range of public and private sector organisations.

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Former daily newspaper journalist Wendy joined Connect Communications in September 2005. An award-winning writer and experienced production journalist, she has worked for a variety of titles, including the Daily Record, The Herald and Sunday Herald, during a career spanning more than 20 years.

With her strong background in newspaper production, Wendy is ideally qualified to oversee the sub-editing of a number of our publications, in addition to managing several high-profile clients.

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Carolann is Connect’s newest recruit! She’s an experienced administrator who has worked within a variety of industries. She has a background in marketing and also ran her own administrative business. Carolann is the glue that holds all of the admin functions of the office together and is the first point of contact when you phone our main number. She also also plays a key role in commissioning photography for our portfolio of titles. She’s also PA to David Cameron.

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Emma joined Connect in February 2005 from Strathclyde Police, where she managed and wrote the force's monthly staff newspaper, the multi award-winning Upbeat. With a BA Hons in English Studies she qualified as journalist with her National Council for Training of Journalists (NCTJ) certificate from Edinburgh's Napier University. She has worked as a features writer, journalist, information assistant, press officer and publications officer with a variety of private and public sector organisations.

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Clare joined Connect Communications in 2007 with a total of 10 years sales experience, four of which were spent at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail. Before entering publishing, she worked in sales for Curtis Fine Papers.

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An experienced writer, sub-editor and editor, Gary joined Connect in 2006 from the Institute of Chartered Accounts (ICAS) where he was the account handler for a range of titles. Before joining ICAS, he edited the public sector business magazine Government Opportunities, where he won the Business Services Association’s 2005 Journalist of the Year award. During almost a decade in journalism, his other roles have included writing for the Sunday Herald, and copywriting for, editing, and advising on a number of companies’ corporate communications.

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Robert joined Connect in September 2006, having been editor of CA Magazine since 1998 with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). As editor, he has overseen the evolution of CA Magazine and also helped to set up ICAS’ customer publishing business, also now part of Connect.

He was previously a freelance journalist and editorial consultant based in London, writing for a range of publications and editing a number of titles including Communicating Solutions (for Cable & Wireless Communications), and Internal Auditing, the journal of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

He is a former editor of Accountancy Age, the news weekly for the accountancy profession and, before that, worked for the Age’s publishers, VNU, in a number of roles, including editing Management Consultancy magazine.

Before embarking on a career in journalism, he worked in local government and as a trainee chartered accountant.

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John moved to Connect in September 2006 with the CA Magazine publishing account. An experienced publications designer, he has worked for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, where he designed its magazine SEPAview. He also designed material for Scottish National Heritage. He then went to work for Forth Independent Newspapers on titles such as The Wee County News of Alloa and the Scots Independent. He joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) in 2005 to work on CA Magazine and a range of other titles for clients including the General Teaching Council for Scotland, Edinburgh University, Lloyds TSB, the Faculty of Advocates and the Institute of Chartered Foresters.

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Elliot works on the recruitment advertising and sponsorship for CA Magazine, New CA and the website www.CArecruitment.com. Elliot's experience lies in the agency side of recruitment advertising and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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Jane has worked for 17 years in the magazine and newspaper industry on the commercial side. She was the launch Sales Manager of the Sunday Herald and then, following the successful launch, took on a group sales manager role across The Herald, Evening Times and Sunday Herald with responsibility for commercial development and retail. Prior to this Jane, worked in London for nine years for large publishers including VNU, Emap and IPC. The majority of her time in the south was spent at the National Magazine Company in a number of different roles from Sales Manager at Country Living to Corporate Sales Manager across the whole group of magazines and finally Group Head of New Business. Since leaving what was then SMG’s publishing division in 2001, Jane has spent the last four years managing the Scotland and North East sales territory for NatMags once again selling across the whole group of titles. She brings to Connect a wealth of advertising and sales management experience

Direct Line: 0131 561 0020

Jenn joined CA Magazine in October 1996 after spending a number of years with the Scotsman and providing freelance sales support for Scottish Business Insider. She’s responsible for display advertising and sponsorship sales, servicing key accounts across a range of sectors such as banking and law. She also handles sponsorship for a range of ICAS events.

Direct Line: 0131 561 0022

A creative all-rounder, James joined Connect in 2007 after eight years working for many of Scotland’s leading magazines and newspapers, something we look for in all our design team. His first job in design was with The List, the well-known “what’s on” magazine. This led him to additional work on programmes and brochures for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations. He then moved to the Carnyx Group and worked on trade titles such as Marketeer and Prospect. The Daily Record came calling, and he joined them as an editorial designer working on news, features and sport. He then took a year out to travel the globe before landing back in Scotland and a job in a design and marketing agency before joining Connect.

Direct Line: 0141 560 3030

Paul joined Connect full time in May 2007 after a spell working for us part time during the latter stages of his studies. He has a BA in applied graphics technology with multimedia studies from Glasgow Caledonian University and is equally at home with Dreamweaver as he is with Quark.

Direct Line: 0141 560 3014

Richard started off his career in print as a reporter and editor, before turning to television as a news writer and producer.

He worked in various places around the world, from NHK in Japan to CNBC Asia in Hong Kong and CNN in both Hong Kong and London. Richard worked on setting up and training journalists for new networks in India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

He joined Connect in February 2008 to manage and edit the online version of CA Magazine and has a key editorial role in the development of the company’s online publishing business.

Direct Line: 0141 560 3037

Kenny joined Connect in May 2008 as an account manager working across the company's online and offline publications.

Kenny started his media sales career working on travel titles before moving in to online. This led to Kenny taking the UK’s first Web 2.0 recruitment site to market and helping build revolutionary advertising solutions in a fierce marketplace.

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